Mrs Caliban

About the author

Rachel Ingalls was born in Boston in 1940. She spent time in Germany before studying at Radcliffe College, and moved to England in 1965, where she lived for the rest of her life. Her debut novel, Theft (1970), won the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and her novella Mrs Caliban (1982) was named one of the 20 best American novels since World War Two by the British Book Marketing Council. Over half a century, Ingalls wrote 11 story collections and novellas - all published by Faber - to great acclaim, but remains relatively unknown. She died in 2019 after a revival of interest in her work.

Summary

As heard on BBC Radio 4's 'A Good Read: the amphibious cult classic: a magical tale of a suburban housewife's affair with a frogman ... 'Disturbing but seductive ... Muscular, vegetarian, sexually magnetic, Larry the frogman is a revelation - and their passionate affair takes them on a journey beyond their wildest dreams ...

Foreword

The amphibious cult classic: this magical tale of a suburban housewife's affair with a frogman is 'seductive' (Margaret Atwood), 'genius' (Patricia Lockwood), 'perfect' (Max Porter), 'a feminist masterpiece' (Carmen Maria Machado), and 'out-weirds and out-romances anything today' (Marlon James).

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Ingalls, Ingalls Rachel, Irenosen Okojie, Irenoson Okojie
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780571367986
• ISBN: 978-0-571-36798-6
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Faber Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Science Fiction, FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Gothic, Fiction: general & literary, Speculative fiction, Myth & legend told as fiction, Classic science fiction, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)